gearanach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish geránach (“plaintive, querulous; complaining, wailing”), from gerán (“complaint, wailing, accusation”). Equivalent to gearan (“complaint, grumble”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gearanach (genitive singular masculine gearanaich)

1. querulous, grumbling, whinnying

   Synonyms: crosta, dranndanach, gruamach

Related terms

• gearain
• gearan

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
gearanach	ghearanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “geránach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language